silky smooth animations. got rid of layer and event throttling, and instead created dragThrottling. The dynamic animation frame rates already handles optimized animation drawing, we just needed to add manual throttling to drag and drop. Animations are now very smooth, and drag and drop is still smooth

src/Layer.js

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
  * @constructor
  * @augments Kinetic.Container
  * @param {Object} config
- * @param {Number} [config.throttle] draw throttle in draws per second.  Default is 80 draws
- *  per second
  * @param {Boolean} [config.clearBeforeDraw] set this property to true if you'd like to disable
  *  canvas clearing before each new layer draw
  * @param {Number} [config.x]
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@
 Kinetic.Layer = Kinetic.Container.extend({
     init: function(config) {
         this.setDefaultAttrs({
-            throttle: 80,
             clearBeforeDraw: true
         });
 
@@ -60,32 +57,7 @@ Kinetic.Layer = Kinetic.Container.extend({
      * @methodOf Kinetic.Layer.prototype
      */
     draw: function(canvas) {
-        var throttle = this.attrs.throttle;
-        var time = new Date().getTime();
-        var timeDiff = time - this.lastDrawTime;
-        var tt = 1000 / throttle;
-
-        if(timeDiff >= tt || throttle > 200) {
-            this._draw(canvas);
-
-            if(this.drawTimeout !== undefined) {
-                clearTimeout(this.drawTimeout);
-                this.drawTimeout = undefined;
-            }
-        }
-        /*
-         * if we cannot draw the layer due to throttling,
-         * try to redraw the layer in the near future
-         */
-        else if(this.drawTimeout === undefined) {
-            var that = this;
-            /*
-             * wait 17ms before trying again (60fps)
-             */
-            this.drawTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
-                that.draw(canvas);
-            }, 17);
-        }
+        this._draw(canvas);
     },
     /**
      * set before draw handler
@@ -202,7 +174,7 @@ Kinetic.Layer = Kinetic.Container.extend({
 });
 
 // add getters and setters
-Kinetic.Node.addGettersSetters(Kinetic.Layer, ['clearBeforeDraw', 'throttle']);
+Kinetic.Node.addGettersSetters(Kinetic.Layer, ['clearBeforeDraw']);
 
 /**
  * set flag which determines if the layer is cleared or not
@@ -212,26 +184,9 @@ Kinetic.Node.addGettersSetters(Kinetic.Layer, ['clearBeforeDraw', 'throttle']);
  * @param {Boolean} clearBeforeDraw
  */
 
-/**
- * set layer draw throttle
- * @name setThrottle
- * @methodOf Kinetic.Layer.prototype
- * @param {Number} throttle layer draws per second.  Increasing the throttle
- *  will increase the number of layer draws per second if the layer is
- *  rapidly being drawn.  Decreasing the throttle will decrease the number
- *  of layer draws and improve performance.  Throttle is defaulted to 80 draws
- *  per second
- */
-
 /**
  * get flag which determines if the layer is cleared or not
  *  before drawing
  * @name getClearBeforeDraw
  * @methodOf Kinetic.Layer.prototype
- */
-
-/**
- * get throttle
- * @name getThrottle
- * @methodOf Kinetic.Layer.prototype
  */